# Incident 20010531013689I: Beech 1900D, Rochester, NY, May 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SMQF
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGVGA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531013689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2001, A MECHANIC AT PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE, ROC, CALLED AND STATED THE RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM MAINTENANCE CONTROL OF AIR GEORGIAN AIRWAYS, A CANADIAN SCHEDULED AIR CARRIER BASED IN TORONTO, CANADA. HE STATED THE CREW HEARD A GRINDING NOISE ON ROLL OUT AND TAXI ABOVE THE ENGINE AND PROP.  THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE LEFT WHEEL AREA.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THE MECHANIC FOUND GREASE AND/OR HYDRAULIC FLUID SPLATTERING FROM THE AXLE AREA ON BOTH WHEELS.  MOST OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS CENTERED ON THE INBOARD WHEEL.  WHEN THE MECHANIC WAS ASKED TO REMOVE THE DUST COVER FROM THE WHEELS HE STATED HE NEEDED TO SEE A DISCREPANCY WRITTEN IN THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK AND HE ALSO WANTED TO JACK AND REMOVE THE WHEELS FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.  MAINTENANCE CONTROL DECLINED TO INSTRUCT THE CREW TO WRITE THE DISCREPANCY UP AND TOLD HIM HIS SERVICES WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.  THE MECHANIC WITNESSED 8 OR 9 PASSENGERS BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SUBSEQUENTLY TAKE OFF FOR TORONTO.  INSPECTOR DINWOODIE, THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF PART 129 OPERATORS IN THIS OFFICE, WAS CONTACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED IN CANADA AS CGVGA.  THE CREW'S NAME WAS UNKNOWN.  MAINTENANCE CONTROLLER WAS RICK A T ^PRIVACY DATA^. AIR GEORGIAN IS A PART 129 OPERATOR.  KAREN HOLLIHAN, PMI AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT CANADA, ^PRIVACY DATA^, WAS CONTACTED AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION. A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND ENDED WITH THIS INSPECTOR TURNING THE MATTER OVER TO HER AS THE PROPER CANADIAN AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THIS OPERATOR.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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